Vertiginous Collection

Rayne shoes advertisement
Advertisement for some particularly spikey and vertiginous stiletto heels by Rayne shoes, featuring crown neolite soles, made only Goodyear

Elevator shaft of the Washington Monument, Washington, D. C. 1922 (b/w photo)
5615486 Elevator shaft of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. 1922 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45)

Narrow gorge with precipitous walkway, Italy
Narrow gorge with precipitous walkway, Northern Italy (1 of 2) Date: circa 1920s

Climbing the Geyenstein, Saxony
Men climbing the frowning summit of the Geyenstein in Saxony, Germany. 1928

Ladakhi Village, c. 1860-80 (b / w photo)
498626 Ladakhi Village, c.1860-80 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladakh is a sparsely populated region of Jammu and Kashmir, India)

Construction worker on the steel frame of a skyscraper high above the streets of New York City, New York
6000058 Construction worker on the steel frame of a skyscraper high above the streets of New York City, New York, USA (colour litho) by English School

Trade Card for Sultanes Cigarettes - Golden-tipped Oriental Tobacco, featuring a young Sultan seated on a Divan, wearing rather stereotypical curled-toe slippers and a elaborate

Modish skipping skyward toque hats 1912
Two examples of the vertiginous taste in hats in the years leading up to the First World War. The left hat is of lace straw piped with ble-coloured ribbon

Tragic suicide of two young people from the tower of the cathedral in Antwerp, back
XIR414779 Tragic suicide of two young people from the tower of the cathedral in Antwerp, back cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre

Tragic fire in a workshop at Newark, New Jersey, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR346397 Tragic fire in a workshop at Newark, New Jersey, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 11th December 1910 (colour litho) by French School

Fire (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR252990 Fire (engraving) (b/w photo) by Debucourt, Philibert Louis (1755-1832); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: L incendie; incendie; ); French, out of copyright

Roussanou monastery, Greece C016 / 3516
Roussanou monastery and Conglomerate cliffs at Meteora, World Heritage Site in north central Greece

Vertigo, conceptual artwork
Vertigo. Conceptual artwork of a man losing his balance on a stepladder, with yellow lines and stars representing vertigo or dizziness

Car turning a hairpin bend
A motorist negotiates a tight hairpin corner on a rather vertiginous looking road

British Frivolity During a Raid
Terrible revelation of British frivolity during a raid on the East coast. A Zeppelin knocks down a vertiginous house revealing a kissing couple

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